Function Keys/Power Saving

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You can follow the instructions as outlined in the directions for the 1201NL to get your function keys working.

The acpi-generic-package scripts in the AUR are not necessary to get your function keys working. They are hardware agnostic, so they are nice to get things up and running quickly, but with the exception of the sleep/suspend scripts (which are useful) everything else can be done more quickly with a direct keybinding.